How do I make the buttons line up horizontally? - css

Question

I am having issues with my CSS for my current design. I have everything pretty much completed. However, in the final product, I am noticing that the "View Participation Button" is not aligned with other "View Participation Buttons." They seem up and down. The should all be aligned. I adjusted the surrounding table/box so that they are aligned by fixing the height to 150px. Can anyone see the error in my code and point out how this one part can be fixed? I have a picture below on what it looks like:
<style type="text/css">
/*<![CDATA[*/
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100% !important;
-ms-text-size-adjust: 100% !important;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important;
}
img {
border: 0 !important;
outline: none !important;
}
td, a, span {
border-collapse: collapse;
mso-line-height-rule: exactly;
}
.ExternalClass * {
line-height: 100%;
}
.em_defaultlink a {
color: inherit !important;
text-decoration: none !important;
}
.em_black a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #000000;
}
.em_white a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #ffffff;
}
.em_blue a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #0a75b1;
}
.em_grey a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #4d4d4d;
}
.em_g_img + div {
display: none;
}
#media only screen and (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 667px) {
.em_main_table {
width: 100% !important;
}
.em_wrapper {
width: 100% !important;
}
.em_wrapper2 {
width: 100% !important;
height: 150px !important
}
.em_hide {
display: none !important;
}
.em_full_img {
width: 100% !important;
height: auto !important;
}
.em_full_img img {
width: 100% !important;
height: auto !important;
}
.em_side10 {
width: 10px !important;
}
.em_ptop {
padding-top: 20px !important;
}
/* Padding Left Right Bottom */
.em_h20 {
height: 20px !important;
font-size: 1px !important;
line-height: 1px !important;
}
.em_w300 {
width: 320px !important;
}
.em_w280 {
width: 320px !important;
}
.em_font_18 {
font-size: 27px !important;
line-height: 31px !important;
}
}
#media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
.em_main_table {
width: 100% !important;
}
.em_wrapper {
width: 100% !important;
}
.em_wrapper2 {
width: 100% !important;
}
.em_hide {
display: none !important;
}
.em_full_img {
width: 100% !important;
height: auto !important;
}
.em_full_img img {
width: 100% !important;
height: auto !important;
}
.em_side10 {
width: 10px !important;
}
.em_side_10 {
width: 10px !important;
}
.em_ptop {
padding-top: 20px !important;
}
/* Padding Left Right Bottom */
.em_h20 {
height: 20px !important;
font-size: 1px !important;
line-height: 1px !important;
}
.em_font_18 {
font-size: 18px !important;
line-height: 23px !important;
}
.em_w300 {
width: 300px !important;
}
/* update the N number as per width */
.em_w280 {
width: 300px !important;
}
.em_w146 {
width: 146px !important;
}
.em_aside25 {
padding: 0px 25px !important;
}
u + .em_body .em_full_wrap {
width: 100% !important;
width: 100vw !important;
}
}
A sample of my code is below:
<table width="328" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" style="width:328px;" class="em_wrapper">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" class="em_ptop">
<table width="328" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:328px;" class="em_w300">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">
<table width="157" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="width:157px;" class="em_wrapper">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="border: solid 2px #9e9f9f;">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="em_wrapper">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#9E9F9F" style="background-color:#9e9f9f; color:#fff;">
Feature Presenter 3
<table width="157" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:157px;" class="em_wrapper"></table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="189" align="center" valign="bottom" style="height:189px;">
<img src="./TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR ADVANCED BREAST CANCER_files/oshughnessy-joyce-800.png" width="145" alt="" height="153" style="display:block; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:20px; line-height:30px; color:#000000; max-width:145px; height:153px;" class="em_g_img" border="0">
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#4D4D4D" style="background-color:#4d4d4d; border-bottom-left-radius:5px; border-bottom-right-radius:5px;">
<table width="157" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:157px;height:150px" class="em_wrapper">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px 10px;">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="em_white" align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: 'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; color:#ffffff;padding:8px 0px;">
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Joyce O’Shaughnessy</span><br>
Baylor University Medical Center
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:11px;">
<table width="125" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:125px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#007F3D" style="border-radius:5px;">
<table width="125" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:125px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="em_white" align="center" valign="middle" height="56" style="height:56px; font-family: 'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif; font-size:13px; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;">
<a target="_blank" href="http://localhost:8038/single-event/zone-t-minnesota?section=3" style="text-decoration:none; color:#ffffff; display:block; line-height:16px;">View
Participation<br>
Options
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
I can add the CSS styling too if needed but I think the inline CSS that I have is what needs to be adjusted/modifyed/added.

Answer 1

I've started by completely throwing out your table based layout, this simplifies the HTML. Then I've taken away the inline styles, which simplifies things further.
So we have a list of things, order doesn't matter so lets use an unordered list (ul).
You have many options on how to lay out the list elements, I've chose display:block for simplicity. You could also look at Flex, CSS Grid, or even CSS Tables.
To align the buttons to the bottom, I've created an element with a fixed height, set that to position:relative. I've then applied position:absolute to the button element and set the position relative to the bottom of the parent element.
.presenters {
list-style: none;
padding: 0;
}
.presenter {
display: inline-block;
margin-right: 10px;
width: 158px;
background-color: #4D4D4D;
color: #FFF;
border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px;
vertical-align: top;
overflow: hidden;
}
.presenter-imgContainer {
background-color: #FFF;
border: solid 2px #9e9f9f;
}
.presenter-img {
display: block;
width: 155px;
}
.presenter-title {
background-color: #9E9F9F;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: 400;
text-align: center;
width: 155px;
margin: 0;
}
.presenter-content {
/*Set a sensible fixed height*/
height: 80px;
/*Give enough room in the bottom padding
For the action element
*/
padding: 8px 10px 70px;
/*We want to postion the action element
relative to this
*/
position: relative;
font-family: 'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 17px;
text-align: center;
}
.presenter-name {
font-weight: bold;
}
.presenter-action {
background-color: #007F3D;
display: block;
padding: 10px 5px;
text-decoration: none;
color: white;
border-radius: 5px;
/*Postion the button at the bottom*/
position: absolute;
bottom: 10px;
width: calc(100% - 30px);
}
<ul class="presenters">
<li class="presenter">
<div class="presenter-imgContainer">
<h2 class="presenter-title">Feature Presenter 2</h2>
<img class="presenter-img" src="https://www.fillmurray.com/154/189" />
</div>
<div class="presenter-content">
<div class="presenter-name">Dennis Salmon</div>
<div class="presenter-desc">UCLA Medical Center</div>
<a class="presenter-action" target="_blank" href="http://localhost:8038/single-event/zone-t-minnesota?section=3">View Participation<br>Options</a>
</div>
</li>
<li class="presenter">
<div class="presenter-imgContainer">
<h2 class="presenter-title">Feature Presenter 3</h2>
<img class="presenter-img" src="https://www.fillmurray.com/154/189" />
</div>
<div class="presenter-content">
<div class="presenter-name">Joyce O’Shaughnessy</div>
<div class="presenter-desc">Baylor University Medical Center</div>
<a class="presenter-action" target="_blank" href="http://localhost:8038/single-event/zone-t-minnesota?section=3">View Participation<br>Options</a>
</div>
</li>
</ul>